Kay 3,709 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I am having a problem running cd roms, some of the ones i have are self loading & use adobe reader & should should just run, but there not, is there anything i should update ? i have tried a system restore but its not worked, i am hopeless on the pc & could have altered a setting by mistake, the discs do work as i tried them in a friends pc, so could anyone point me in the right direction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rainmaker 7 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hiya, Is it just CDs needing Acrobat Reader that don't autoplay? Do DVDs autoplay? If it's just the Acrobat ones, try reinstalling the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download for free here. If that doesn't work after rebooting, right click My Computer on your desktop, choose Properties, then the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager. In the list find your DVD/CD-ROM drive and right click it. Choose UNINSTALL. When it completes reboot STRAIGHT AWAY and Windows will reinstall the drive with fresh drivers. Hopefully that should sort it out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpnixon 7 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 sounds grand to me good advise rainmaker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Well i did what you said & the disk drive was no more, but i got it back using system restore as i was unsure how to put it back other than that way i updated adobe reader yesterday to 7 & its still not running, thanks for the help & i am totally useless with this pc havent a clue what i am pressing half the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rainmaker 7 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ferretlove, if System Restore hasn't worked before there's no point using it to reinstall the drive after removing it. Actually, although you don't actually NEED to know this, what you've done is uninstall it then UN-uninstall it (rather than RE-install it). What you need to do matey, is follow my advice as above to remove the drive, then do NOT use system restore. Just restart your PC and as I said above Windows will AUTOMATICALLY reinstall the drive FOR YOU. Nothing else need be done. Trust me If that doesn't work we'll look at reinstalling you Primary and Secondary IDE Channels. But, one step at a time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borderterrier 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Might be of help AutoPlay - help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borderterrier 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Of course you might find what you want by clicking on "My Computer" then right click on the CD-ROM icon and choose properties, then on the AutoPlay tab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ferretlove, if System Restore hasn't worked before there's no point using it to reinstall the drive after removing it. Actually, although you don't actually NEED to know this, what you've done is uninstall it then UN-uninstall it (rather than RE-install it). What you need to do matey, is follow my advice as above to remove the drive, then do NOT use system restore. Just restart your PC and as I said above Windows will AUTOMATICALLY reinstall the drive FOR YOU. Nothing else need be done. Trust me If that doesn't work we'll look at reinstalling you Primary and Secondary IDE Channels. But, one step at a time Well i did what you said & it did do what you said it would, re install it , but its not playing the discs so i will await your instructions for the primary & secondery IDE channels when you have the time, thanks so far anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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